King's Highway, El Camino Real Marker - Normangee, TX
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QuesterMark
N 31° 02.236 W 096° 05.877
14R E 776994 N 3437350
This red granite marker was erected in 1918 to mark the route of El Camino Real (The King's Highway), also known as the Old San Antonio Road.
Waymark Code: WMCH7G
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2011
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This particular marker is on the Old Spanish Road (County Line Road) along the Leon/Madison County line. It's on the south side of the road, which technically makes it Leon County.
The marker is part of a project started in 1915 by the Texas Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution working with the Texas Legislature. The D.A.R. arranged for the survey of the Old San Antonio Road from Louisiana to the Rio Grande and granite makers to be placed at 5 mile intervals.
The markers, including this one, are inscribed thusly:
Kings Highway
Camino Real
Old San Antonio Road
Marked by the
Daughters of the
American Revolution
and the State of Texas
A. D. 1918
From
Wikipedia:
The Old San Antonio Road (sometimes called "El Camino Real" or "King's Highway") was a historic roadway located in the U.S. states of Texas and Louisiana. Parts of it were based on traditional Native American trails. Its Texas terminus was about 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Eagle Pass at the Rio Grande in Maverick County, and its northern terminus was at Natchitoches, Louisiana. The road continued from Texas through Monclova to Mexico City.
Also see
WM9C6R, another of these markers near San Antonio.